Is the Obama Administration Forgetting the Bears?

Although this is a story that really started about a week and a half ago, it is still just as relevant today. You may or may not have been aware of a Bush-era rule saying that although Polar Bears were protected under the endangered species act, this could not be used as a reason to restrict emissions of greenhouse gases. In short, you can't shoot em', but go ahead and drowned em'.

Well, May 8th of this year the same rule was put before the Obama administration to uphold or overturn. Unfortunately for reasons unknown to me, they (secretary Salazar in particular) decided to uphold this particularly cruel Bush administration rule. Read more about this report here, here and here.

To take action against this ruling, you can Sign THIS petition at savethepolarbear.org

Pass this around, because these guys are not going to save themselves.

Polar bear peace!

Adrienne

P.S: Picture via NewsMiner, if you are in Alaska check out this art show!